RAS - Sun Eaters

OM FORESTILLINGEN

Oil is a deadly pearl. Sun Eaters is a contemporary folk dance about the mythological origins of petrol. It is inspired by petro-magic, petro-horror poetry and the tradition of vengeful dances.

If Oil is an immense, collective, anonymous material, it can only be accessed through another similarly collective and anonymous material: folk dance is a perfect device for this purpose. It is alive, unburied, incarnated, and it waves back at us. Oil is a vicious poem hidden in darkness.

Sun Eaters blends dances from Norway, Brittany and West Asia. It is drenched in doom metal, pre-islamic iconography, levantine maqams and Norwegian curse tunes. Sun Eaters twists and betrays what it summons, and rekindles with the cruelty of oil to incarnate its deadly, seductive smile.

Credits:

Concept, scenography, sound:Jassem Hindi & Sina Seifee Choreography: Jassem Hindi Dance: Charlott Utzig, Paolo de Venecia Gile, Harald Beharie Production: Marie Ursin Costumes: Amy of the costumes

Photo credits: Jassem Hindi

With the support of:Norsk Kulturrådet / RAS / GF / MDT / Beurs / Frascati / Wpzimmer / Samar productions